Sidney Peterson (November 15, 1905 – April 24, 2000), was an American writer, artist, avant-garde filmmaker, and educator. He founded the first film courses at the California School of Fine Arts (now San Francisco Art Institute) in 1947.

Bay Area filmmaker Sidney Peterson discusses his work, and filmmaking in the 1940's and '50s in the Bay Area. Born in Oakland, Peterson attended UC-Berkeley, and founded The Workshop at the California School of Fine Arts (later the SF Art Institute), which helped influence and begin the first flourishing of experimental film in the Bay Area.

Sidney Peterson (November 15, 1905, Oakland, California – April 24, 2000, New York City) was an American author, artist, and avant-garde filmmaker. He attended UC Berkeley, worked as a newspaper reporter in Monterey, and spent time as a practicing painter and sculptor in France in the 1920s and 1930s.

2000年5月8日 · Sidney Peterson, an American surrealist filmmaker of the late 1940's and early 50's, died on April 24. He was 94 and lived in Manhattan. Mr. Peterson, who was born in Oakland, Calif., studied...

2024年11月7日 · Peterson was declared missing after this encounter and declared dead six months later. The two prisoners of war were eventually released and made it back to the United States after the war ended. On the day he went missing, Peterson was supposed to end his tour of duty and reunite with his family after being stationed in England for more than a ...

Sidney Peterson (1905 – 2000) was an author, artist, and avant-garde filmmaker. Peterson founded Workshop 20 at the California School of Fine Arts (renamed the San Francisco Art Institute), initiating filmmaking courses at the school.

2021年3月5日 · ‘Sidney Peterson was one of, if not the most influential pioneers of avant-garde film of the 20th century. He was/is held in the highest regard by all as one of the kingpins of the avant-garde film renaissance that took place in San Francisco in the early 1950s.

Born in 1912 in Oakland, California, SIDNEY PETERSON has had an unorthodox career. Among other things, he has been a draftsman for a naval architect, founder of a film company in Seattle, a...

2006年8月8日 · Along with Maya Deren, Stan Brakhage and Bruce Baillie, Sidney Peterson was one of the most significant American experimental filmmakers in the Cold War era. Playing off of devices embraced by the Surrealists in the 1930s, he created psychodramas which reflect the uncertain psyche of postwar society.

Sidney Peterson was born on 15 November 1905 in Oakland, California, USA. Sidney was a director and writer, known for The Lead Shoes (1949), The Potted Psalm (1946) and Japanese House (1955). Sidney died on 24 April 2000 in New York City, New York, USA.